The Election Commission of India has announced the organization of the #MainBhiElectionAmbassador program through a social media campaign from 6:00 PM on May 7th to 8:00 PM on the same day. Saket Kumar Pandey, the Officer-in-Charge of Sveep Coordination and District Public Relations Officer, held a meeting with print and electronic media representatives to provide information regarding this initiative under the active guidance of Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadhav. Notably DEO Bokaro has been tirelessly working around the clock to enhance voter participation ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Analogous to the same and bid to increase voter turnout in the upcoming Lok Sabha general elections 2024 and to raise awareness among all voters, the Election Commission of India has decided to conduct the #MainBhiElectionAmbassador program. These details were shared by Saket Kumar Pandey during his address at the Media Interaction Session held at the Assembly Hall on Saturday. Also present at the event were Avinash Kumar Singh, Assistant District Public Relations Officer, along with other officials from the Sveep Coordination.
Saket Kumar Pandey stated that the Election Commission of India/Ministry of Election, as per the instructions of the Jharkhand government, will organize the #MainBhiElectionAmbassador Social Media Campaign on all social media handles from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on May 7th. Various activities such as quiz competitions, painting competitions, preparation of songs in local and regional languages, voter pledge ceremonies, etc., will be organized in all schools/colleges in the district. Media role in making this campaign successful is crucial, he emphasized, encouraging maximum participation.
Furthermore, Avinash Kumar Singh highlighted that the #MainBhiElectionAmbassador campaign is being organized to increase voter participation in the Lok Sabha general elections. Videos and photos related to various public awareness activities will be uploaded on social media handles between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM on May 7th, and tags will be sent to @ECISVEEP/@ceojharkhand/@election95291/@BokaroDc.
Media representatives were also informed that media representatives who have expressed their consent to vote through postal ballots have been included in the category of essential services. Their voting has been facilitated by the Postal Ballot and PwD Coordination. They can exercise their voting rights at the Joint Labour Building Hall Camp-2, Bokaro, between 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM from May 18th to 21st.
During this media brief various print and electronic media representatives, as well as Sveep Coordination officials, were present .
